Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), silver, gold

Dimensions

Menuki (a); L. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g); menuki (b); L. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Wt. 0.4 oz. (11.3 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Menuki

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938

Accession Number

38.55.22a, b

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